People will tell you where they've gone They'll tell you where to go But till you get there yourself you never really know – Joni Mitchell, “Amelia” Long before the unemployment and economy crisis began, I never saw job security as a sure thing. Maybe that’s because I began my legal career as a temp. I grew accustomed to floating around, constantly experiencing different personalities and environments. I somehow never entered a job envisioning it as my home for the next twenty or thirty years. As a result of my rather nomadic career-style, I have had the benefit of learning from many different people. My working life began when I was about eleven. I would mow our huge lawn and my dad would then give me $30.00 for an hour of riding lessons. I also worked down at the local food Co-op to earn “work credit” to earn discounts off grocery purchases, as any customer could do. The work credit could then be sold to others and this p...